Export DBF table to SQL using dynamic filename with current date

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Export data from DBF table to SQL file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to DBF -> Choose DBF table -> Set SQL filename template including date -> Export DBF to SQL using current date as file name

Choose DBF and logon.

“Export From Table” for “SQL to DBF“.

Select SQL file type.

1. Choose DBF table.

2. Set SQL file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export DBF table data to SQL file. Dynamically created SQL file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output SQL files.

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DBF → SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DBF	in SQL
Int	Numeric(10,0)	INT
Bigint	Numeric(19,0)	BIGINT
Decimal	Numeric(p,s)	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	Float	DOUBLE PRECISION
Text	Character(n)	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	Memo	TEXT / CLOB
Date	Date	DATE
Datetime	(none)	TIMESTAMP
Binary	(none)	BLOB / BYTEA
Boolean	Logical	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT
JSON	(none)	JSON / TEXT

Dialect differences

DBF is a database server and SQL is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in DBF	in SQL
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	—	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...
row limit	(driver dependent)	—
dates	Date (D)	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...
long text	Memo (M)	—
binary	—	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()
separator	—	Statement terminators (;)
encoding	—	No declaration
typing	—	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows
ceiling	—	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...

No counterpart

• SQL has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• SQL has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• SQL has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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